Trenton man faces possible 20 year sentence for sexual assault

TRENTON — A local man could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison if he is found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint last summer.

Tishaun Moore, 20, of Trenton is charged with aggravated sexual assault and weapons offenses stemming from a July 23 incident. Prosecutors said he walked the victim to the rear of a property on the 300 block of Walnut Avenue, grabbed her from behind, brandished a knife and sexually assaulted her, said Casey DeBlasio, a spokeswoman for the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office.

At a bail hearing for Moore yesterday, assistant prosecutor Timothy Ward said Moore’s DNA was found on the woman after she reported the incident and underwent a medical examination.

At the hearing, Judge Thomas Brown lowered bail to $200,000 from $300,000 set at the time he was booked.

Moore is currently being held at the Mercer County Corrections Center, DeBlasio said.